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Well, this week we officially didn't find Hermana Pilar's baptismal record, so she can get baptized again! I called the elders in the offices, and they called Salt Lake, and apparently she has records in the church, but not as a member. It’s called a leech record, or something like that. So, she was probably blessed as a baby, but never baptized. We were going to have the big day this Saturday (Valentines Day), but we couldn't get in touch with her and she slept in Sunday morning, so more than likely in 2 weeks we'll be doing it. We're hoping our other, Leticia, will be ready by then too because she said she has the papers she needed for her divorce. As far as baptisms, that's all that's really very sure. Our 2 others who've said they want to get baptized have just been being kinda flaky!
On Sunday, Henry's family made it to church, all of them, AND on time! I was so proud :) The two little girls really crack me up. There's this member named Moroni that we take with us to visit them and he also has passed by to bring them to church, and Betzi has been starting to confuse him with "Mormon" and calls the book of Mormon the book of Moroni, hahaha. I think it confuses her too because in primary they were taking about the Angel Moroni, Joseph Smith and the Book of Mormon, so she gets it mixed up a lot and I think its really funny. One thing that Henry's wife (Suzi) told us once, is that her 2 girls like to put on their little dresses and pretend they're missionaries. She says they'll round up their parents and have them read the scriputres and ask the parents questions and stuff. Too cute!! Hopefully they'll both be future missionaries when they grow up!
Our recent convert, Ricardo, is doing REALLY well! We had him accompany us with visits and he seems like he's been a member all his life. We only began with his like maybe a month and a half ago, so everything is still pretty fresh. We visited Juan Enrique, and right now he's just starting- exactly where Ricardo was a like a month and a half ago. We laughed afterwards, because Juan Enrique was just like Ricardo when he started. Like for example, when we taught Ricardo to pray, in all our lessons he'd always pull out his Book of Mormon and read the 4 steps on the back first. When we asked Juan Enrique to say the closing prayer, he automatically pulled out his book to see the steps and I saw Ricardo smile. Its cool that Ricardo was in his place not that long ago, yet has already come so far and gained so much confidence. It makes the mission so rewarding to see that. I just wish all our investigators could be so ready like he was!
This week we had interviews with President and Zone Conference. Zone Conference was in the morning and long and boring as usual haha! Interviews were fun because it took our whole day! The president really needs to learn to plan interviews better because he puts someone at every half hour or so, yet he takes like 45 min - 1 hour with everyone. Mostly he just talks and asks random stuff too. In the interview we looked at how our personal family history is going and how we're doing with developing Christ like attributes. I found that where I need to work more is expressing love more. I guess I'm not very verbal about it with a lot of people, so that's what I'm working on!
One thing that was pretty cool is that we found a new investigator named Joel. We were in the bus with a member and starting talking to him because he was with his uncle who looks exactly like a less active in our ward named Carlos. Turns out they're brothers (the Uncle and Carlos) and we made appts to see both of them. The uncle wasn´t there when we went, but Joel was home and he's a really sincere guy. He's younger and divorced, with a little boy and more than anything he wants to be a good example for his little boy. He accepted the goal to be baptized!
I learned how to make one of the foods here! I'm actually suspicious if it exists with a different name in the US (potato salad?), but here its common! Its called ensalada rusa and its really easy. All it is, is chopped up carrots, potatoes, onion, peas, and chicken with pepper, mayo, and media crema. Everyone just eats it with saltine crackers and its really good. We made some Wednesday with a member to take to a couple leaders who help us a lot. We have another appt with her to learn to make empanadas, so I'm excited for that!
Love,
Hermana Harper
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